20 years later... came back to have a look

[Zendesigner]

Hi, 

 

As Ex moderator in 2003 of this forum, dropped in to have a look.  Exactly 20 years later. 

 

Any old admins & mods from way back then around still ? 

I see George is still running the business and going strong... 

 

Zen

[save the frogs]

did you notice the forum going downhill? 

 

[proton]

  On 8/24/2023 at 10:46 AM, Zendesigner said:

Hi, 

 

As Ex moderator in 2003 of this forum, dropped in to have a look.  Exactly 20 years later. 

 

Any old admins & mods from way back then around still ? 

I see George is still running the business and going strong... 

 

Zen

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I thought Depressing Dan was running it, into the ground IMO ????

[Zendesigner]

  On 8/24/2023 at 10:51 AM, save the frogs said:

did you notice the forum going downhill? 

 

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not been here long enough yet ???? but i liked the old style interface of forums better.  it had a better overview. this is probably made for mobile devices. 

Zen

[proton]

  On 8/24/2023 at 11:00 AM, Zendesigner said:

not been here long enough yet ???? but i liked the old style interface of forums better.  it had a better overview. this is probably made for mobile devices. 

Zen

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it does look better laid out on a phone

[save the frogs]

  On 8/24/2023 at 11:00 AM, Zendesigner said:

not been here long enough yet ???? but i liked the old style interface of forums better.  it had a better overview. this is probably made for mobile devices. 

Zen

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joke.

i wasnt here 20 years ago.

 

[KannikaP]

  On 8/24/2023 at 11:04 AM, proton said:

it does look better laid out on a phone

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What? Better than on a 65" TV PC monitor running a VPN.

[brianthainess]

  On 8/24/2023 at 11:00 AM, Zendesigner said:

not been here long enough yet ???? but i liked the old style interface of forums better.  it had a better overview. this is probably made for mobile devices. 

Zen

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We had to complain a lot, just to get some of the emojis back, I do miss the rolling eyes. ???? Now have some ads that are not marked as ads and can be easily clicked on by mistake. Oops nearly forgot one golden rule, You Will Not Criticize. see you in a week. 

[bignok]

  On 8/26/2023 at 1:49 AM, CecilM said:

Web based? I’ve been looking for that for a while. Couldn’t make it work. But if you say so, I will try again. THX

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On your phone. Easy. Click on the dots

[OneMoreFarang]

  On 8/24/2023 at 11:00 AM, Zendesigner said:

this is probably made for mobile devices.

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On my desktop PC about 70% of the screen is advertisement. If that is the same ratio on the mobile, then that leaves space for about 3 lines of text. 

[OneMoreFarang]

  On 8/24/2023 at 10:46 AM, Zendesigner said:

As Ex moderator in 2003 of this forum, dropped in to have a look.  Exactly 20 years later. 

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Did you also ban people for the slightest issues 20 years ago? 

[Hamus Yaigh]

  On 8/24/2023 at 11:56 AM, KannikaP said:

What? Better than on a 65" TV PC monitor running a VPN.

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+1 what he said plus an adblock and multiple profiles so you can troll yourselves? Harder to do that on a phone sat on a bar stool.

[lopburi3]

There are still some long in the tooth posters here - but we are a dying breed.

[Moonlover]

  On 8/26/2023 at 1:42 AM, CecilM said:

Can we bring this forum to 21st century functionality? Like adding a feature to edit (spelling) mistakes?

edit:

OK, I take it back and apologize. After some help, I figured it out. 
Thanks, bignok. 

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My number one suggestion would be to have an AI driven moderator (we could call it AIMOD) to weed out troll posts such as racism, sexism, ageism and flame posts BEFORE they appeared on the forum. 

 

The troll posters will soon realize that their efforts will be a waste of time and the qualify of ASEAN NOW might just improve a little bit.

 

Bring it on.

[spidermike007]

  On 8/24/2023 at 11:00 AM, Zendesigner said:

not been here long enough yet ???? but i liked the old style interface of forums better.  it had a better overview. this is probably made for mobile devices. 

Zen

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What do uou think of the way the system randomly makes certain sentences bold? A programming error, it would appear. 

[Rimmer]

A post contravening our Community Standards has been removed.    

[scubascuba3]

  On 8/26/2023 at 2:42 AM, Moonlover said:

My number one suggestion would be to have an AI driven moderator (we could call it AIMOD) to weed out troll posts such as racism, sexism, ageism and flame posts BEFORE they appeared on the forum. 

 

The troll posters will soon realize that their efforts will be a waste of time and the qualify of ASEAN NOW might just improve a little bit.

 

Bring it on.

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Less is more, on the many Facebook groups very little moderation

[brianthainess]

  On 8/26/2023 at 1:54 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

Did you also ban people for the slightest issues 20 years ago? 

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Don't mention German tourists. dam.

[george]

Hi @Zendesigner

Welcome back, and don’t go anywhere ????????

[brianthainess]

Have you been keeping up with the Thai news? If so do you think Thailand has become lot more violent say since 2014 , so many illegal guns, really brutal murders, stabbings, Road rage is now a lot more common here, shooting other drivers. 

I feel almost paranoid now when buying rubbish sacks.  

[cdnvic]

  On 8/24/2023 at 10:46 AM, Zendesigner said:

Hi, 

 

As Ex moderator in 2003 of this forum, dropped in to have a look.  Exactly 20 years later. 

 

Any old admins & mods from way back then around still ? 

I see George is still running the business and going strong... 

 

Zen

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Good to see you. I'd wondered not that long ago how things were going for you.

[Zapitapi]

  On 8/26/2023 at 2:42 AM, Moonlover said:

My number one suggestion would be to have an AI driven moderator (we could call it AIMOD) to weed out troll posts such as racism, sexism, ageism and flame posts BEFORE they appeared on the forum. 

 

The troll posters will soon realize that their efforts will be a waste of time and the qualify of ASEAN NOW might just improve a little bit.

 

Bring it on.

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perfect idea.. lets go for more censorship

[Moonlover]

  On 8/26/2023 at 5:37 AM, tandor said:

Couldn't ChatGPT be used for that and also editing news items from other sources, whose sentence structure and grammar is really non-sensicalin this modern era! Expressing my opinion only.

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No it couldn't. ChatGPT is not owned or operated by ASEAN NOW, they merely offer a portal to access it.

[Moonlover]

  On 8/26/2023 at 5:49 AM, Zapitapi said:

perfect idea.. lets go for more censorship

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I'm not suggesting anything more than the service already provided by the mods, just a way of doing it more efficiently.

[phil2407]

Still prefer the old name Thai Visa unless copyright issue

You always add on World news on the end anyway (usually American) so just add on the ASEAN news before that 

[Toby1947]

Did you find they've never heard of Freedom of Speech, worse than Facebook 

[OneMoreFarang]

  On 8/26/2023 at 2:42 AM, Moonlover said:

My number one suggestion would be to have an AI driven moderator (we could call it AIMOD) to weed out troll posts such as racism, sexism, ageism and flame posts BEFORE they appeared on the forum. 

 

The troll posters will soon realize that their efforts will be a waste of time and the qualify of ASEAN NOW might just improve a little bit.

 

Bring it on.

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Do we really have a lot of posts with racism, sexism, ageism? I didn't notice.

But then again, I don't cry foul when someone writes something that might upset a woke snowflake. 

[Ben Zioner]

  On 8/26/2023 at 7:01 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

Do we really have a lot of posts with racism, sexism, ageism?

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We have some. But [old]ageism has never been censored, while certain nationalities are consistently rubbished. Let you guess; this is an "english forum".

[Burma Bill]

  On 8/24/2023 at 11:04 AM, proton said:

it does look better laid out on a phone

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and on a personal computer!

[AgMech Cowboy]

I was in Thailand 20 years ago, but didn't find ThaiVisa until about 10 and it was few years later that I 'joined'. I hope things have been good for you.